Collection #:
SC 2228

WILLIAM SCUDDER
DIARIES, 1857–1868

Processed by:
Ellen Swain and Paul Brockman
21 August 1991
Updated 22 November 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 diaries and one folder of transcripts.

COLLECTION DATES: 1856 and 1868

PROVENANCE: Roberta Scudder Kloos, LaHabra, California, 1 March 1989

RESTRICTIONS: None

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

RELATED HOLDINGS: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1989.0240

William Scudder Jr. was born January 20, 1832 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In December 1855, Scudder moved with his family to Wayne Township, Indianapolis, where he married Rebecca Brown on December 16, 1860. Scudder taught school in Wayne Township and was driving a street car in Cincinnati in 1868.

Source: Information from collection.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection, consisting of one folder, contains two diaries and transcripts. The first, dated 1857, was written while Scudder lived in Wayne Township, Indianapolis, where he taught school. The second diary, dated 1868, was written while Scudder was living in Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Both record daily activities, weather conditions, and expenses.

FOLDER LISTING

FOLDER CONTENTS

1. Diaries, 1856 and 1868

2. Transcripts of Diaries, 1856 and 1868

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Collection #: SC 2228